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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
Date: 17 Jan 2000 21:37:49 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <4bLg4.6414$NU6.261988@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>,
<cangel@famvid.com> wrote:
: I too could use the zmodem alternative for BBS that only have 94 byte
: crippled kermit implementations and have said this several times. As
: you have said, it's a `no starter' here UNLESS you use W95. For some
: reason having W95 makes zmodem suddenly very logical and necessary to
: have as an option. Strange how that works since W95 users have a
: multitude of choices for other terminal apps with a working zmodem
: and 16 bit DOS users have ZERO. I marvel at the logic.
As stated in previous responses to this thread the Zmodem library used
in Kermit 95 was developed by a Kermit 95 user and donated to The
Kermit Project. The library is only available for Kermit 95 because
we are not allowed to redistribute the source code. Since C-Kermit
and MS-DOS Kermit are source code distributions the Zmodem library
cannot be integrated into those products.
The solution to this situation is very simple. Write your own Zmodem
library to integrate with MS-DOS Kermit that does not violate the
copyright of Omen Technologies and donate it to the Kermit Project.
Professor Doupnik has donated a large part of his last two decades
developing and supporting MS-DOS Kermit. I find it incredible that
anyone would take such a thankless position. On one had you say that
MS-DOS Kermit is this incredible piece of software that is more than
three times faster than anything else you have seen. But then you
complain that it doesn't do everything that you want it to do.
I have to tell you that one of the benefits of being a volunteer
software developer is that you get to choose what you want to work on.
If Zmodem was something that Professor Doupnik wanted to work on I am
sure he would do a fantastic job. But as a academic his primary motivation
is to do things that haven't been done before or that solve problems
that he is experiencing.
: The v316 has been in `beta' longer than most software even lasts from
: start to finish.
The definition of 'beta' is "a test build that is publicly available
to end users". It is not an indication that a release is imminent.
It is simply a way of Professor being supportive of the users of
MS-DOS Kermit by fixing bugs that have been reported.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org